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We all use water much more than we think. We shower, brush our teeth, we flush it down the toilet, we drink it and use it to fix our meals and even to wash the salt off our cars! Around here it is one of those things we usually just take for granted. The Environmental Protection Agency claims that the average American family uses 400 gallons of water a day, the US Geological Survey suggests that the average person uses about 100 gallons a day.

We just returned from Taylorsville and on the drive home Andy remarked, “Wow, we have passed four dead skunks!” We don’t see them on the farm as much as we used to because of the dogs, although I have been getting whiffs of them for about a week now. The lightbulb moment: it is mating season for skunks and they are on the move.

A lot happened in Spencer County during 1948-49. Of course, things happen around these parts every year, but for some reason, the here-to-fore mentioned two-year period included events that beg for recollection.
This writer was a mere 9-year-old Taylorsville town brat in 1948 who took in everything going on and was duly impressed by major items, although not understanding the significance of many of them.
My father, Orville “Tape” Watson, was mayor of Taylorsville after serving on the city commission.

Not only are gasoline prices falling, the prices for cars that use the gas are predicted to fall as well. So says the NADA Used Car Guide in its 2015 market forecast.
The availability of late-model used cars is predicted to rise by 8 percent, which means that consumers are out there shopping for new vehicles and leaving those used cars behind.